Bandwidth and Rise Time Requirements for Accurate Scope Measurements

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How much oscilloscope bandwidth do you need and how fast does the rise time need to be to measure your signals accurately? Oscilloscope users ask this question regularly, but getting a good answer is typically difficult. The answer depends on the frequency response roll-off characteristics of the signal under test (SUT); it must be down about 15 db or more at the scope bandwidth. Most users don’t know the roll-off characteristics of their signals, so this answer isn’t likely to be useful.